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Flag of the Russian Empire: Most Ukrainian territories were under the rule of the Russian Empire after 1764. 1858–1896 Flag of the Russian Empire 1955–1991 Flag of the Soviet Union: 1919–1929 Flag of Soviet Ukraine: Each Soviet republic had its own flag. 1929–1937 1937–1950 1950–1992 1941–1944 Reichskommissariat Ukraine
Pro-Russian protests in Donetsk on 7 April 2014. The DPR first flag variant is seen displayed amongst other flags such as those of Russia, Belarus and Donetsk Oblast.. The flag of the Donetsk People's Republic was claimed by the Russian-controlled militias to be based on the flag of the Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic, whom they claim as the "People's Republic's" predecessor. [1]
It was later adopted as a state flag by the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic, the West Ukrainian People's Republic, and the Ukrainian State following the Russian Revolution. In March 1939, it was also adopted by Carpatho-Ukraine .
Several people created the idea of the white-blue-white flag shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine started on 24 February 2022. Kai Katonina, a Berlin-based user experience designer, and a Russia-based art manager with the pseudonym "Fish Sounds" (Звуки Рыб, Zvuki Ryb), [2] [3] also known as "AssezJeune ", [8] are each credited with having created the flag.
Before this 1919 flag, a flag in 1918 was used with red and blue, with yellow stripes in the canton. The first flag was red with the gold Cyrillic sans-serif letters У.С.С.Р. (USSR, acronym for Ukrayinskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Sovetskaya Respublika (Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic) in the Russian language).
The Russian flag has been raised in several parts of the eastern city of Avdiivka in Donetsk, hours after Ukrainian forces beat a hasty retreat from the ruins of a city they’ve been defending ...
Pages in category "Flags of Ukraine" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... Flags used in Russian-occupied Ukraine; T. Flag of Ternopil ...
A still image taken from a handout video provided by the Russian Defence Ministry shows Russian servicemen waving flags on the roof of a building in Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk region (EPA)